The National tribune., 1887-03-03
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Around ChattanOOga.

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lie has read SO many conflicting accounts OF
this battle that he sometimes wonders if the
/ fight took place at all. The writer would like
/ 10 express his gratitude 10 the Surgeon who
was on duty at the bridge over Lookout Creek,
and cared for the wounded. He says that Sur
geon saved his life by his skillful attention,
and he would like very much TO know who he
was.
James NJ. Wharton Co. A. 9th Ind, Bing-
hurst Ind, says that the troops engaged At
! Lookout Mountain were Geary's Division, of
/ the Twelfth Corps, on the right Crufts Di-
vision, of the Fourth Corps, in the center, and
osterhaus's Division, of the Fifteenth Corps,
on the left. All did their duty well, and none
| have right 10 claim all the honor.
Martin Kelly, Co. III, Goth n. ", Crab Or
chard, Neb., claims that the two pieces of ar
tillery taken near the Craven House at Look
| out Mountain were captured by the Goth n.
Y, of the Third Brigade. White Star Division,
and not by the 10th Ohio. of the Fourth Corps.
The Goth n. Y. had 81 killed and wounded in
| the fight.
Lawrence Englesperger, Co. A, 10th Ohio,
West Jefferson, o., thinks the Lookout Mount
ain controversy has been worked pretty hard
by the comrades, but he still feels compelled
| TO notice the plumbers" of C0mrade Blundin
| in his last communication. He says that a
man who writes of the battle as taking place
! Nov. % and the flag appearing on the top OF
| the mountain on the morning of the oath,
| should be somewhat modest as 10 the accuracy
of his other statements. Neither the men of
the White Star Division nor of any other divis-
ion, he says. drove the rebels from Lookout
! Mountain on Nov. %. He wishes TO ask Com
rade Blnndin for the names or the number OF
the White Star Division who were killed at or
near the Craven House He says if COmrade
| Blundin will examine the list of the killed of
| a single regiment of Whitaker's Brigade. of the
/ Enurth ~ hat ba Mill
who did the fighting. The writer gives the
names of Maj. Thomas Acton and III men OF
the doth Ohio who were killed there, and a
large number Were wounded. He thinks the
blood shed on that historic hight speaks more
eloquently than all the ink that has been shed
| in the controversy.
William H. Wilson, Co. A. IO2d ". V, New
Chicago, Mont, says he was one of the White
Star boys, and had hand in the Lookout
Mountain picnic. His regiment lost a number
/ IN killed and wounded, among whom was the
Lieutenant Colonel, who lost his right leg close
TO the body, and the Major, who was mOrtally
wounded. He admits that part of the Fourth
Corps was there or thereab0uts," but he will
not admit that any of them were ahead of the
White Star boys: He says they always found
rebels in front Of them.
w. e. Armstrong, Co. ID, 5lst Ohio, Maeedo-
MIA, o., declares that Whitaker's Brigade, COM
posed of the sth aud 2lst KY, 35th and Sith
| Ind, 5lst and 99th Ohio. stormed aud car
ried the point of Lookout Mountain. aud the
colors OF the sth KY were first seen on its sum-
nit So far as this is concerned, the white
Star boys" must take a back seat.
George w. Reid, Co. /, 18th Ohio Medina, O.,
disputes the claim that the flag of the sth Ky.
was the first planted on Lookout Mountain.
He says the summit was first reached by part
| OF the First Brigade, of Geary's White Star Di-
vision. Referring 10 the battle of Port Repub-
lie, he says the regiments engaged there were
the 9th, 9TH, 29th and Goth Ohio, 9Th Va, 9TH,
18th and l4th Ind. The loss of the 29th Ohio
was u killed, 80 wounded and l05 prisoners.
Charles Schulz, Co. c, 10Th Ill., South Whit
ley, Ind, has no desire TO becloud the luster of
the White Star, but he wants it distinctly I'M
! derstood that Whitakers aud Crosses Brigades,
of the First Division, Fourth Corps, had fin
ger in the pie. He describes briefly the move
ment from Shellmound and Whitesdes, and
the engagement with the enemy on the mount
ain, where they took large number of prison.
ers and lost many men in killed and wounded.
Replying 10 a question asked recently by one
of the White Star boys as to what regiment it
was that was lying beside the SummertOwn
road on the morning of the 10Th, he says il was
the 10Th Ill.
Lewis Blundin, Co. c, 2sth Pa, Hulmeville,
Pa, returns 10 the charge and says that Whit
akcr's Brigade was not in the front line on
l-OOhouL MOuhlAln at any time during NOV. %
or the morning of the oath. lie Tenews his
assertion that the glory of Lookout Mountain
rests upon the White Star Division, aud says
that if Comrade Harp aud others desire 10
drown the 'chin music of the White Star
| boys they must produce evidence 10 prove the
claim of Whitakers Brigade.
Judge 5. klinefelter, 60. III, 2Sth Pa. st.
! Louis, Mo-, says that Geary's White Star Di-
vision crossed Lookout Creek captured the
hal alrafa Ia0 4. y
base of a ledge of rocks aud swept along the
side of the mountain until they reached the
rebel rifle-pits. Here they received a volley
which killed % of the White Stars and wound
ed many more. They We're over the works be-
/ fore the rebels had chance 10 reload, and the
most OF the latter were taken prisoners. Oster-
hauss Division relieved the White Stars at
this point, and they swept down the other side
of the mountain, across the valley, TO a gap
near Mission Ridge where they again charged
the enemy aud captured 10 prisoners, and soon
after a 4gun battery. lie says the sth KY, OF
the Fourth Corps, did not plant its flag on the
summit Of Lookout until the next morning
Red Acorn" AID Ind, Manhattan, Kan,
asks the Editor to give us a rest on such
articles rs those Of Comrade Blundin. lie says
| there is no possible foundation in truth for the
claims vigorously urged by him for the White
Star at Lookout Mountain.
Wash Christy, Knapp's battery, wilkins
| burg, Pa. says he was one of the "plucky paper
collar soldiers" and fully Endorses the claim
that the White Star Division is entitled TO the
credit of Lookout Mountain.
The Atlanta Campaign.
Alfred Cheney, Sergeant, Co. III, 10Th Mich
says that the 4-gun battery at Resaca was taken
by the Second Brigade. and not by the First
Brigade, as claimed by Comrade Snider l29tI
Ill.
Geo. ID. Clark, Band, First Brigade, Third
Division, Fourteenth Corps, Mendon, Mich
remembers seeing the skeleton of n man hang.
ing from tree near Winnings Station, Ga.
which has been mentioned by several of the
comrades. The writer understood that he was
a dcserter from the rebel army. He says that
while lying on the ChattahOOchee about this
time they became very friendly with the
pickets of the other side They used 10 swim
out i'm the river and exchange coffee for to-
bacco with the rebels. They became Sc
friendly that il was determined 10 serenade the
rebels. The band 10 which the writer be
longed was ordered down 10 the ford on the
evening Of July l6 and entertained them 70,
an hour in fine style. About 500 Of the rebel.
congregated on the opposite side aud enjoyed
the music
]. NJ Gray Co. F. sod Ohio Haven. Kan.
thinks cOmrade Fisher, l25th III. was too modest
i'm his claim for the old Third Brigade, Second
Division, Fourteenth Corps, in his article on
Kenesaw Mountain. lie says that while oc
eupying the works near the rebel lines they
invented scheme by which, with the aid o.
glasses so regulated as 10 reflect the rebe
head-logs," they could see from behind their
works exactly what was going on among tho
"Iohnnies." He would like 10 know i. thes,
Cd q vv.tl. l.